Identification and characterization of Nasonia Pax genes

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 109-120

  Keller, R G ^a   Desplan, C ^a   Rosenberg, M I ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Nasonia; Octapeptide; Pax

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENOMICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASPS;

APIS MELLIFERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NASONIA; NASONIA VITRIPENNIS; VERTEBRATA; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 75649104677     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2009.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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